Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] not [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In geology , only causes active in the present , human period are accessible in principle , although often not in practice , to direct observation . |
| 2 | ‘ People like you should n't be allowed anywhere near the mountains , and especially not in winter , ’ he said with sudden savagery . |
| 3 | the tape recording of individual children 's oral performance for assessment purposes might not be part of normal classroom activity and thus not in line with TGAT recommendations . |
| 4 | He had practically made up his mind that he would never go back — certainly not to Moyalla and probably not to teaching . |
| 5 | There nevertheless remain some aspects of the scheme which demonstrate how difficult it seems to be for government to jettison the original ideas of the Beveridge Report ; for example , the Invalid Care Allowance ( ICA ) , which was introduced as recently as 1976 , is not payable to married women on the grounds that they are likely to be at home anyway and hence not in need of compensation for giving up paid work in order to care for a chronically sick person in their household ( Groves and Finch , 1983 ) ; the tax system ( which is not under detailed discussion here ) still assumes that all men need an additional allowance to help pay for the cost of ‘ keeping ’ a wife . |
| 6 | It was difficult because Penny , who is now the Bishop of Otago and Southland , is extremely busy and often not at home , so we really appreciated going to stay with them . |
| 7 | People should not carry a knife at any time and particularly not at Christmas . |
| 8 | They do n't say it on American television and maybe not in French , but they say it plainly in Arabic every day . ’ |
| 9 | Sir Daniel Fleming was certainly interested in the formerly productive mines in his fells around Coniston , but it is not until 1658 is there further note of mines and then not for copper viz : |
| 10 | This dualistic position can be detected in the writings of the apostle Paul , a view endorsed by Luther , where the Christian is described as ‘ under law , and yet not under law but grace ; he is a sinner , and yet righteous , he believes as a doubter ; he has assurance of Salvation , yet walks the knife-edge of insecurity . |
| 11 | And we shall all come forth , and yet not in shame , ad we shall stand before Him . |
| 12 | By now , Chris was asleep , covered with ice cream and evidently not in danger . |
| 13 | His long reflection on the divine ordering of the universe did not extend to principles of political organization , and certainly not to opposition to the established order . |
| 14 | Physical goods , by contrast , are not seen by Keynesians as being close substitutes for financial assets ( and certainly not for money ) . |
| 15 | Here we have a dangerous situation of a kite flailing on one line , possibly towards onlookers and certainly not under control . |
| 16 | I never judge individuals in moments of comfort and convenience and certainly not by self praise . |
| 17 | If , is simply , which is independent of frequency and therefore not of interest . |
| 18 | He seems to have grown up rather a solitary boy , and afterwards not by nature a businessman — unlike his brother , who quickly outstripped him in enterprise , property , and prosperity . |
| 19 | Since July 1400 he had been archdeacon of Dorset , absentee but perhaps not without interest . |
| 20 | The different approaches are thus seen to be distinct , but perhaps not in conflict ; each approach is seen as an area of specialism , rather than as an area of commitment . |
| 21 | Er , and in general we have a , er , panel of the non-executive directors who set the directors ' salary in relation to the other directors I am also on that panel er , but obviously not in relation to my own salary . |
| 22 | The DES 's 1986 forecasts ( DES , 1986b ) allow the ratio to increase a little but still not to equality . |
| 23 | The blood streaking scarlet was from one of his legs , now stretched out straight before him but still not in view on account of the clouded water . |
| 24 | The idea is a relatively new one to engineering but certainly not to planet earth : collagen , keratin , chitin and cellulose are some of nature 's strong fibres and make possible everything from bones and lobster carapaces to giant sequoias . |
| 25 | To those with a commitment to the WEA 's traditional mission , there was cause for concern in some of these statistics , but certainly not for dismay . |
| 26 | Although this is both extensive and varied by the standards of most of the human sciences , though perhaps not of history , what it illustrates is the difficulty of specifying what is to count as data beyond saying that it is whatever material that researchers need to work with in order to pursue their inquiries . |
| 27 | Although functional purpose must impose a certain constraint on the shape and form of an object , that constraint is generally a very loose one for everyday forms ( though obviously not for machine parts ) . |
| 28 | They are also " easy " to imitate in form though possibly not in use : one requires the omission of past tense morphology ( run not ran , look not looked ) , the other requires only the insertion of the word did which already exists in LE . |
| 29 | Norris in fact claims that in the patristic period nothing was made of Christ 's maleness , as also not for example of his Jewishness , as being of Christological significance . |
| 30 | It simply does not allow that differences of sex , as also not of race , are of significance Christologically . |